How to Get a Texas Real Estate Appraiser License

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You can get a Texas real estate appraiser license with our classes, and following the procedure below. AIRE offers the Texas real estate appraiser classes you need to get a Texas real estate appraiser license.

For information on renewing or earning a Texas Real Estate Appraiser license, please visit the Texas Appraisal Licensing and Certification Board (TALCB) website by clicking here.

We offer a Basic Appraisal course (30hrs). You can find this class in our live course schedule. New classes begin year-round. This class is also good for pre-licensing credit or SAE renewals for your real estate license. Sign up online or call 512-453-0900.

Online courses are the perfect solution for the student who wants to begin their real estate education right away. The completely paperless online courses can be taken from any computer with internet access, at your own pace. Click here for the online course catalog.

Step 1: Apply to Become an Appraiser Trainee

An Appraiser Trainee is authorized but not licensed by TALCB under sponsorship of an appraiser. To apply for an Appraiser Trainee authorization, an applicant must show successful completion of required education. For more information about the Appraiser Trainee, click here.
AIRE recommends that an applicant complete 30 hours of Basic Appraisal Principles and 30 hours of Basic Appraisal Procedures. 

The TALCB must approve any course of study to satisfy the Appraiser Trainee Annual Renewal Education requirements for renewing an appraiser trainee approval.

Any course on the Approved Trainee & Pre-Licensing Course List has been approved by the TALCB and may be used to satisfy the required Appraiser Trainee Annual Renewal Education requirements. The courses are approved through the expiration dates shown and for the number of hours indicated in the list. While the TALCB may approve the course work, you will need to contact the provider directly for scheduling information.

Step 2: Get a Sponsor

A certified sponsor must “actively, personally, and diligently supervise an appraiser trainee under his or her sponsorship” and must sign the appraisal reports.  You can contact certified appraisers listed in your local phone book or use the list of Texas Certified Appraisers available from the TALCB website to find appraisers eligible to sponsor trainees. 

Step 3: Submit the Application

Complete and submit the Application for Approval as an Appraiser Trainee and required fee. If the requirements are met, the TALCB will process the application and issue an appraiser trainee authorization. Once issued, the authorization will be mailed to the office location of record for your sponsor. 

The appraiser trainee is required to keep an Appraisal Experience Log while they are an appraiser trainee and are required to submit a copy with each annual renewal.

Step 4: Get your License

Once all required experience has been met, the applicant now qualifies for licensure:

• Comply with USPAP

• Be verifiable and supported by written reports and work files

• Be performed when a person had a legal authority to appraise

• Comply with AQB criteria for acceptable experience

• Complete Trainee Application packet (which contains excerpts from Act and Rules, regarding Appraiser Trainees and their renewal requirements, and the application

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